Fill my playlist

September 9, 2020 12:23 AM

Heartbroken over professional failure/railroading. Need sad and angry survivor music.

Right now the playlist contains Destiny’s Child - Survivor and three Kelly Clarkson songs (Because of you, Stronger and Since you’ve been gone). None of these are artists I usually listen to, but the vibe is so good.

So the mood is high energy but not poppy (so not Ceelo or Lilly Allen) fuck you/this, you/I ruined something good, but I’m gonna be ok. I will probably be adding a bunch of Pink. Who else do I need? Spotify links especially appreciated. Mainly interested in women and not overly explicitly romantic.

(Just added Broken but beautiful by Clarkson, never heard it before but her whole thing seems to be my thing right now, I’ll work my way through her liver, I dare you just went in).

posted by J.R. Hartley to Media & Arts (31 answers total)

Best answer: I have a playlist called "Girl Power" when I need this kind of vibe and pulled out some songs I thought fit this particular situation. Feel free to peruse the whole list here on Spotify. You'll get through this!!

Stronger by Britney Spears
Bulletproof by La Roux
Raise Your Glass by Pink
Roar by Katy Perry
Don't Tell Me by Madonna
Fast As You Can by Fiona Apple
Cherry Bomb by The Runaways
That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings
Army of Me by Bjork
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
Offence by Little Simz
posted by like_neon at 1:17 AM on September 9, 2020 [6 favorites]

Best answer: Whitney Houston - "It's Not Right But I'm OK"
posted by Roger Pittman at 2:14 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I've got a playlist called Music for Difficult Women on Typical Days. Some of it may suit. In a similar situation recently I spent a lot of time listening to Pantera's Fucking Hostile. Good luck!
posted by frumiousb at 2:34 AM on September 9, 2020 [4 favorites]

Male artist and a very different vein, but I’ll throw in Stan Rogers’s The Mary Ellen Carter.

Karan Casey, The Creggan White Hare
posted by jon1270 at 2:50 AM on September 9, 2020

Live through this.
posted by Coaticass at 3:18 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Or how about some Nina Simone?
posted by Coaticass at 3:21 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: I'm in a not dissimilar place right now. In general I think the mood of Ke$ha's last two albums is pretty good for this (not really surprising given what she's been through) but especially Praying (an amazing song) and My Own Dance. Also Mad Woman on Taylor Swift's new album. Yesterday Ani Difranco's Out of Range came up on my random shuffle and I think that and The Million You Never Made also fit this pretty well (I'm planning a run through my Ani DiFranco back catalogue over the next couple of days so I may be back with more of hers.
posted by *becca* at 3:36 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

I posted an AskMe a while back requesting angry breakup songs for my friend. There’s a lot of suggestions there that should work for you.
posted by MexicanYenta at 3:40 AM on September 9, 2020

Pretty much all of Lemonade by Beyonce , particularly Don't Hurt Yourself

'Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift , either the original or the version with Kendrick Lamar.
posted by Sparky Buttons at 4:13 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Gloria Gaynor, I will Survive
posted by at at 5:13 AM on September 9, 2020 [3 favorites]

Best answer: I hope you're including P!nk's "So What" in your P!nk selections.

Halsey "Castle"
Alessia Cara "Here"
Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money"
Lizzo "Good as Hell"
Nicki Minaj "The Night is Still Young"
Christina Aguilera "Fighter"

If you felt like sharing this playlist when you're finished, I'd be interested in the link!
posted by gladly at 5:52 AM on September 9, 2020 [5 favorites]

Best answer: Sheryl Crow's Prove You Wrong kind of hits that spot for me. I always picture a big middle finger when I listen to it.

The original version off her Threads album is a pretty rocking (especially in the car with the volume up to 11). This version at the Ryman is a little more countrified and also pretty awesome.

Also, pretty much Joan Jett's entire catalog is a giant fuck you to anyone who ever screwed her over or didn't believe in her. Fake Friends is an example.
posted by SuperSquirrel at 6:06 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: I suggest I Still Believe by The Call.
posted by Gelatin at 6:37 AM on September 9, 2020

Best answer: The Chicks* Not Ready To Make Nice.

Also Gaslighter

(formerly the Dixie Chicks)
posted by cgg at 6:51 AM on September 9, 2020 [3 favorites]

"This Year" by the Mountain Goats
posted by notsnot at 6:52 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Oh if we're gonna mention Lizzo, I would say you gotta add Truth Hurts!

Why are men great 'til they gotta be great?
Woo
I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that bitch
Even when I'm crying crazy
Yeah, I got boy problems, that's the human in me
Bling bling, then I solve 'em, that's the goddess in me
You coulda had a bad bitch, non-committal
Help you with your career just a little
You're 'posed to hold me down, but you're holding me back
And that's the sound of me not calling you back

Works for douchebag male bosses too (if thats the situation you're working with)!
posted by like_neon at 7:08 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: I also came here to say Fighter by Christina Aguilera (with Spotify link).
posted by terretu at 7:12 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: I love Kesha's cover of "This is Me" from the Greatest Showman.
posted by Kitchen Witch at 7:26 AM on September 9, 2020

Best answer: Nina Simone's Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
posted by niicholas at 8:01 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Dolly Parton, 9 To 5
posted by at at 8:33 AM on September 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Best answer: The Spook School - Still Alive
posted by fabius at 10:51 AM on September 9, 2020

Best answer: It's Alright It's Ok - Leah Andreone
Believe - K's Choice
posted by juniperesque at 10:53 AM on September 9, 2020

This playlist needs Eye Of The Tiger
posted by McNulty at 11:31 AM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

"The Authority Song" John Mellancamp
posted by jtexman1 at 7:14 PM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Umm, Christina Perri’s Jar of Hearts, anyone?
posted by lhauser at 7:24 PM on September 9, 2020

Best answer: Titanium - David Guetta ft Sia
posted by BAKERSFIELD! at 10:26 PM on September 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

List of Demands, The Kills’ cover
posted by cartoonella at 6:12 PM on September 12, 2020

Response by poster: Didn’t mean to post and run but stuff kept escalating. Am going to listen to every one of these now and come back with the list. Tank you all!
posted by J.R. Hartley at 4:50 AM on September 21, 2020

Best answer: I cannot believe I left Rachel Platten's Fight Song off here. It is a bit poppy but it's also glorious Kelly Clarkson-esque high energy fightiness. Also garius sometimes sings it in the shower so that's fairly entertaining :-)

IDGAF by Dua Lipa might also fit what you're looking for.
posted by *becca* at 5:20 AM on September 25, 2020

Response by poster: This is where we ended up, thanks all, and especially Becca for the mental image of garius singing that in the shower. This also led me to the playlist goldmine that is “fuck fake friends” playlists.
posted by J.R. Hartley at 2:35 PM on September 29, 2020 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: I say ended up but what I mean is I am still working my way up the list but have been told to stop paying songs called “die bitch” cos it’s time for bed.
posted by J.R. Hartley at 2:36 PM on September 29, 2020 [2 favorites]